I grew up in St. Louis and spent 4 years in Chicago at college (being a film major). I've been back for a couple of years, but am hoping to move sometime down the line.

I'm kind of shy when surrounded by strangers but am very outgoing once I know somebody. I have a fairly dry sense of humor, but I make jokes of all types and love to laugh.

I love art, nature, and beauty of all kinds, but I'm addicted to music and film. I also love to read, but don't always find the time.I make music, but I don't know if that's what I want to really do. I also occasionally write, and have been known to make a short film or two.

I'm an INTJ, which means a lot of things, but basically: in person, I will almost never talk to a stranger first, I like having plans, I look stoic a lot, and I think far too much.

What I’m doing with my life

Not sure right now. I guess figuring it out. I'm make music with my latop; I write on guitar and then fill it in. I'm also working, but I hate my job and am looking for something else, preferably in the arts.

If we're talking, then probably my sense of humor. Otherwise, whatever band is on my T-shirt or my face, I suppose. If my shirt is off, and my back is to you, then my tattoo.

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food

Movies - Almost anything art-house/foreign, horror, or drama, but especially: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Raging Bull, Dazed & Confused, Pan's Labyrinth, Fargo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Halloween, Do the Right Thing, Suspiria, Before Sunrise, El Topo, Children of Men, Solaris, Reservoir Dogs, Audition, Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, M, Rear Window, Citizen Kane, The Good the Bad & the Ugly, The Wages of Fear, Vertigo, Pulp fiction, Rashomon, Dr. Strangleove, Psycho, Double Indemnity, On the Waterfront, Chinatown, Platoon, Blazing Saddles, Airplane!, Goodfellas, Annie Hall, Hard-Boiled, Night of the Hunter, Ran, The Lives of Others, High Noon, Touch of Evil, Memento, Alien(s), The Thing, and on, and on, and on. (HINT: talk to me about movies if you recognize and like a lot on this list)

Video Games - In the last couple of years I've realized this is a medium capable of the same heights of expression as any other form. I'm super into narrative and experimentation, but pure gameplay can hook me too. I'm not into Halo, or whatever the mainstream stereotype of video games is. I've been playing a lot of indie games the last year (which aren't necessarily listed here). Bioshock & Bioshock Infiinte, Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV & V, Civilization (III & V), Starcraft, Diablo, Hotline Miami, The Walking Dead (Telltale), Bastion, Portal & Portal 2, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, Flower, Journey, Metal Gear Solid I-IV

Podcasts - I've been listening to a fair amounts of these lately, adding a good dose of comedy to my life. Here are my favorites: Comedy Bang Bang, How Did this Get Made?, The Flophouse, Filmspotting, The Bugle, Professor Blastoff, Improv4Humans, Giant Bombcast, Cane & Rinse, The Indoor Kids, Doug Loves Movies